kobbe

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Dutch

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Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps referring to an animal with a thick, round body, in which probably from the same source as Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), which see. Compare English cob (“male swan”) and dialectal German Koppe (“crow”).

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Noun

kobbe f (plural kobben)

  1. (Groningen, dialectal) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
    Synonym: zilvermeeuw

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kobbe1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

Swedish

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ejdrar (“eiders”) på en liten kobbe

Etymology

Related to kubbe (“sawed-off tree trunk”) and Old Norse kúfóttr, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“hilltop, knoll”).

Noun

kobbe c

  1. a low, rocky, rounded islet (skerry) (in a coastal archipelago)
    kobbar och skär
    islets and skerries

Usage notes

Rock might also be a sensible translation in some contexts. The typical size of a kobbe might vary regionally. "Kobbe" appears more often in the names of small islands in Åland and Finland, so perhaps they tend to be larger there.

Declension

Declension of kobbe
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kobbe kobbes
definite kobben kobbens
plural indefinite kobbar kobbars
definite kobbarna kobbarnas

See also

References

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch coppe, from Old Dutch *kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Danish edderkop, Norwegian edderkopp, English coppe, Low German kobbe.

Noun

kobbe f

  1. spider

Derived terms

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